Check your phone’s archived, filtered, or hidden message folders
Search your messaging app for the contact name, keywords, or date
Restore messages from a recent cloud backup
Restore messages from a local backup on your computer or device
Check if messages are synced on another device, such as a tablet or smartwatch
Contact your mobile carrier to ask whether message records are available
Use a trusted data recovery tool if the messages were recently deleted
Stop using the phone immediately to avoid overwriting deleted data
Update your messaging app and operating system before attempting recovery
Ask the sender to resend the messages if recovery is not possible